Chiefs Coaching Wish List

With the Chiefs in their coaching search for the 3rd time in 6 years it's important that they get this next one right.  Therefore I have formulated my staff if I were GM.

Head Coach: Romeo Crennel

The most important phase of this team is it's defense.  Not because of tired cliches that "Defense wins Championships".  It's because this defense has won most of the games for the Chiefs.  We can't take a step back in this area, and that is what you risk if Crennel is not retained.  As a head coach Romeo didn't do well his first go around in Cleveland.  This time should yield better results.

Offensive Coordinator: David Shaw

The current Stanford coach will have to take a great deal of convincing to leave his post at Stanford.  He has a decade of NFL experience with the Eagles, Raiders, and Ravens.  In college he has coached the greatest prospect of this generation at the QB position and with his experience as a QB coach in Baltimore I bet he had a hand.  He hasn't called plays in the NFL but has called them for Stanford.  It would be a tough sell, but a sell I would like the Chiefs to make.

Defensive Coordinator: Pepper Johnson

Johnson seems like a logical pick for Crennel to promote to the Defensive Coordinator position.  He played for Crennel and Parcells in New York and has been part of that Parcells tree at every stop.  He currently serves as a position coach in NE.  His experience as a linebacker and lineman will be key considering the Chiefs have some guys to develop in the trenches.